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This really ticks me off. I've only been getting minimum wage working for Trump protesting Mexican judges.
http://abcnews.com.co/donald-trump-protester-speaks-out-i-was-paid-to-protest/
PHOENIX A.Z. (AP) For months now, rumors have circulated the Internet that individuals were being paid to protest at rallies held by presidential hopeful Donald Trump. Today a man from Trumps rally in Fountain Hills, Arizona back in March has come forward to say that he was paid to protest the event.
I was given $3,500 to protest Donald Trumps rally in Fountain Hills, said 37-year-old Paul Horner. I answered a Craigslist ad about a group needing actors for a political event. I interviewed with them and got the part.
Trump supporters have been claiming that protesters are being paid by the Bernie Sanders campaign, but Horner disagrees.
As for who these people were affiliated with that interviewed me, my guess would be Hillary Clintons campaign, Horner said.
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Almost all of the people I was protesting with I had seen at my interview and training class. At the rally, talking with some of them, I learned they only paid Latinos $500, Muslims $600 and African Americans $750. I dont think they were looking for any Asians. Women and children were paid half of what the men got and illegals received $300 across the board. I think I was paid more than the other protesters because I was white and had taken classes in street fighting and boxing a few years back
Sarah Bradley, a spokeswoman for Sock It Forward, a group that provides the homeless and those less fortunate with brand new socks told ABC News that she does not understand why Trump protesters would need to be paid. ....
My take away on this news, if you want higher pay, vote for Hillary. [center]
Mass
(27,315 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)It takes a bit to realize it is fake news, so I made sure people could see the URL right off.
Mass
(27,315 posts)I missed the ".co"
and frankly, I would not be surprised that a Trump supporter would try to make this claim.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)This part I knew wasn't true: "No one still has an AOL email address except people that would vote for Hillary Clinton.
I'm certain there are more Republican octogenarians with AOL accounts on auto pay than there are actual AOL users.
apcalc
(4,463 posts)His GUESS?
And you post?
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)is that the only people paid were people who claim on the internet that they were paid to protest "The Donald".
The details about who was paid what are priceless...
NobodyHere
(2,810 posts)ETA:
ABC News website is http://abcnews.go.com/ and not what you posted.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)What was your first clue?
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)He gets more attention, more controversy to keep his supporters believing that immigrants, etc are afraid of what he'll do if elected
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)older women who was doing the hiring and used aol.com address, just threw their story under the bus. Also to say latinos, muslims, and African Americans $500 indicates this just may be a Trump trick, he hates all of these groups, gave him an opportunity to yell Get them outta here.
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)This is utter Bullsh*t ! The different prices, and he was paid more because he was white "and had taken classes in street fighting (lol) and boxing a few years back" LOL
Logical
(22,457 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)This story has more holes than a prairie dog village.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)melm00se
(4,990 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Shouldn't they be reporting on the History Channel instead?